{"id":7390,"date":"2025-05-15T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:00:16","slug":"trump-pushes-apple-to-shift-production-from-india-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7390","title":{"rendered":"Trump pushes Apple to shift production from India to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>US President Donald Trump said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook not to shift more production to India, voicing frustration with the tech giant\u2019s growing manufacturing footprint outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Thursday, Trump criticised Apple\u2019s move to expand production in India, where the company plans to make around 25% of global iPhones in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cited Apple\u2019s prior reliance on China and argued the company now owes investment to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI said, \u2018my friend, I treated you very good \u2026 but now I hear you\u2019re building all over India. I don\u2019t want you building in India.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump referenced Apple\u2019s earlier commitment to invest $500 billion in the US, announced in February. He added that Apple would be \u201cupping\u201d production in the US, though he provided no specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s expansion in India comes as part of a strategy to diversify away from China, where the majority of its flagship iPhones are currently assembled. Its main partner, Foxconn, recently received Indian government approval to build a semiconductor plant with HCL Group.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the remarks while discussing broader US-India trade issues. He described India as \u201cone of the highest tariff nations in the world\u201d but said the country has offered to waive some tariffs under a proposed deal.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a new trade strategy unveiled in April, the US imposed a 26% \u201creciprocal tariff\u201d on Indian goods, currently in effect on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n<p>While Apple manufactures the Mac Pro in the US and recently announced plans to build servers for its AI system in Texas, analysts say large-scale iPhone production in the US remains unlikely due to higher costs\u2014estimated between $1,500 and $3,500 per device.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has not yet commented on Trump\u2019s remarks.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook not to shift more production to India, voicing frustration with the tech giant\u2019s growing manufacturing footprint outside the United States. Speaking on Thursday, Trump criticised Apple\u2019s move to expand production in India, where the company plans to make around 25% of global iPhones in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}